Grade 8: Unit 13: Lesson 3 : Read

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They have to separate the rice from the .............. .
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Then cook the ..........
Each runner must take a ...........on the river bank.
What’s special abut the fire - making ..................?
That man seems ............. .
The winners are the first ones to make a ............ .
Two team ......... try to make fire.
They make fire by rubbing pieces of ......... together.
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A carol : bài thánh ca
Santa claus
New words:
1. (to) spread : lan ra, lan truy?n ra
2. (to) design : thiết kế
3. A carol : bài thánh ca
4. Patron Saint : thánh hộ mệnh
5. (to) decorate : trang hoàng
Santa claus
Christmas tree
Christmas carol
Christmas card
Complete the table:
The Christmas
tree
Riga
Early 1500s
Christmas card
England
Mid – 19th century
Christmas
carols
No information
800 years ago
Santa clause
USA
1823
Questions and answers:
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to?
Why did the English man have someone design a card?
When were Christmas songs first performed?
Who wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
Beautiful flowers:
orchids
Forget me not
daisy
lotus
sunflower
rose flower
tulip flower
Ly flower
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to?
=> More than a century ago.
You have two flags without answering anything.
2. Why did the English man have someone design a card?
=> He wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends.
You have one flag without answering anything.
3. When were Christmas songs first performed?
=> 800 years ago.
4. Who wrote the poem A visit
from Saint Nicholas?
=> An American professor named
Clement Clake Moore.
You have three flags without answering anything.
5. What is Santa Claus based on?
=> On the description of saint
Nicolas in professor Moore’s poem.
Free talk about the Christmas festival.
Homework:
Learn by heart the new words.
Answer the questions into notebooks.
Write three things you want to do on Christmas festival.
Prepare the following lesson Unit 13: Lesson 4 : Write Page 126 – 127.